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Olympian and world-record holder Katie Ledecky swam her last meet as a senior for Stone Ridge High School at the Washington Metropolitan Interscholastic Championships in Germantown Feb. 5-7. Hear her thoughts on her high school career in this new briefing after the meet.

It is the hottest meet of the season for high school swimmers in Montgomery County and this year’s Washington Metropolitan Interscholastic Swimming and Diving Championships in Germantown did not disappoint. There were fans with signs, coaches the crazy pants, seniors making their last reach for the wall. And, oh yes, there was an Olympian there […]

Stone Ridge’s swim coach Bob Walker shares his thoughts on what it has been like having an Olympic athlete and world record-holder on his team.

Stone Ridge High School swim coach Bob Walker talks about the influence Katie Ledecky will have on swimming in Montgomery County in this MyMCMedia Extra.

Olympic gold medalist Katie Ledecky set a new American record in the girls 500 free by resetting her own record by more than two seconds on Friday night at the DC Metro Championships at the Germantown Indoor Swim Center. Her time: 4:26:58. The Stone Ridge senior was swimming in her last high school meet this […]

Setting records is something Olympian Katie Ledecky is used to doing. This weekend she set two at the Washington Metropolitan Interscholastic Championship held at the Germantown Aquatic Center. Ledecky, a senior at Stone Ridge, set a new American High School record in the women’s 500 freestyle with her 4:26:58 performance Friday and on Saturday she […]

Stone Ridge senior Katie Ledecky set another high school record Saturday this time in the 200-yard freestyle at Saturday’s Washington Metro Prep School Swim & Dive League championships, lowering the record to 1 minute 41.82 seconds. You can read about her swim and highlights of that meet at Reach for the Wall. .@katieledecky just broke […]

It’s official! Bethesda’s Katie Ledecky has signed with Stanford University. The Olympic gold medalist and world record holder was described by Stanford’s head coach, Greg Meehan, as “the best swimmer on the planet.” Ledecky is a senior at the Stone Ridge School. You can read more about her signing here. It’s official. Welcome to #NerdNation, […]

Swimming phenom Katie Ledecky broke her own world record in the 400-meter freestyle event at the Pan Pacific Championship in Australia Aug. 23 and added to her gold medal count. According to WTOP, the Bethesda native swam the race in 3:58.37, nearly half a second faster than her record. This was her fourth gold medal of the meet […]

Olympic Gold Medalist, World Record Holder and Bethesda native Katie Ledecky is finding more success in the Pan Pacific Championships happening now in Australia. Thursday, she accounted for two of the ten gold medals earned by the United States team so far in meet. The 17-year-old won the women’s 200-meter freestyle, with a time of 1:55.74 […]